George Vradenburg calls for increased funding for basic research and incentives for private investment in Alzheimer's, Trish Vradenburg talks about Surviving Grace, and five cutting-edge breakthroughs in Alzheimer's research (read more).

USA2 chairman George Vradenburg talks about the importance of caregivers, Surviving Grace is a smash hit in Indianapolis, and former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher advocates for Alzheimer's funding at the same level as ebola (read more).

New research finds delaying Alzheimer's by five years would save society $600 billion a year by 2050 and Japan convenes global leaders to focus on dementia care, including George Vradenburg (read more).

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Why 2020?

USAgainstAlzheimer’s has retained its goal of stopping Alzheimer’s by 2020 rather than endorsing the goal of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease that calls for preventing and effectively treating the disease by 2025. While we support the national plan and its goals, we believe, as most every family touched by Alzheimer’s disease believes, that preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer's by 2025 is simply too long a wait for concrete progress. There are promising avenues of drug discovery and development that will, if successful, deliver a means of slowing or deferring Alzheimer's symptoms by 2020. By voicing the urgency felt by so many families, we will pressure researchers and industry to do all in their power to make that happen.